About Two Rivers Yoga

OUR MISSION AT TWO RIVERS YOGA is to create a healing, supportive and non-competitive atmosphere in which yoga practitioners can learn and grow.

We offer a non-dogmatic environment filled with EXPERIENCED, knowledgeable, creative, and inspiring teachers.

Forrest Yoga is infused into the heart and soul of Two Rivers Yoga and its teachers! What this means for our students is that in EVERY class special attention will be given to their individual and healing needs! We are very dedicated to making sure that we honor each Student's journey or path and it is at the forefront of what we are teaching!

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In addition, all of our teachers have experienced and studied for many years with an eclectic array of teaching traditions. This makes our classes very unique in that it provides an abundant perspective on how to LIVE YOGA ON AND OFF THE MAT!

TWO RIVERS YOGA STORE

Come check out our expanding Two Rivers Store! We offer a great inventory of yoga supplies including yoga mats, yogi toes towels, books, CDs, DVDs, and clothing!

Core Class Teachers

• KELLEY RUSH, Founder of Two Rivers Yoga & Massage, Forrest Yoga Guardian, Mentor & Yoga Teacher, CERTIFIED YOGA ALLIANCE REGISTERED E-RYT 500: After four years of practicing yoga, Kelley began teaching in 1995. She has studied extensively in the traditions of Forrest Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Viniyoga and Vinyasa Yoga. KELLEY LOVES TO TEACH!! She is passionate about Yoga, and lives to inspire and connect with people on and off the mat! Her classes are tailored to build sacred community, while still remaining focused on the individual journey of every student! In 1998, Kelley was certified as a Prenatal Yoga Instructor through the Seattle Holistic Center after an apprenticeship with Colette Crawford, RN. She then completed labor support training (doula) with Penny Simpkin through the Seattle Midwifery School. In 2000, Kelley completed an in-depth teacher training with renowned yoga master Ana Forrest, and actively assists Ana in workshops and teacher trainings. In 2007, Kelley was hand picked by Ana Forrest to be a Forrest Yoga Mentor teacher and Guardian to the Forrest Yoga Legacy. It has been her devotion to and relationship with Forrest Yoga that has helped her go beyond healing from Breast Cancer, a heart condition and chronic back pain. Forrest Yoga has taught her HOW to authentically Live and Teach each day in Gratitude! Kelley has also completed her Advanced Vinyasa Teacher Training with Shiva Rea in 2003.
• KAT KOCH, Yoga Teacher: Kat graduated from the Forrest Yoga Teacher Training Foundation Course March 2010 in Seattle. The FYTT is a 26-day intensive that prepared her to be an effective teacher and healer in the yoga community. She is continuing her education and is currently enrolled in the Forrest Yoga Mentorship Program in Manhattan with Erica Mather. She has been studying at Two Rivers Yoga with Kelley Rush since 2007 and also has a background in Ashtanga & Kundalini Yoga. Not only is Kat a great yoga facilitator, since 2005 she has worked with Wilderness Awareness School helping children and adults connect deeply with nature. She is a musician and dancer and her classes reflect her deep love of the life in and around her!
• CATHERINE DE MARIN, Yoga Teacher: Catherine discovered the magic of yoga in 1999 while observing a yoga class of mothers-to-be embracing their pregnancies with courage and an awareness of body, breath, mind and babe. This life-affirming experience led her to deepen her personal exploration of yoga by completing various teacher trainings including Viniyoga, prenatal, Integrative and Thai yoga therapy trainings. As a yoga and massage therapist she has also studied various forms of movement therapy to support healing and living through illness and injury. She designed and taught therapeutic yoga programs as a volunteer in the University of Washington Medical Center Antepartum and Neonatal Intensive Care units and is currently teaching Therapeutic Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis at Evergreen Hospital. Catherine practices yoga to embrace Unity and experience wholeness. She teaches yoga because she hopes that the experiences of well being and wholeness will inspire us to be conscious, joyful and loving beings.
• TRICIA PLEASANT, Yoga Teacher: Tricia is a wonderful and dynamic teacher with a wellspring of strength that might surprise you. Tricia attended the Yoga for Scoliosis Teacher Training with Elise Browning Miller in 2008. Having practiced yoga with severe scoliosis herself for years she is intrigued to find out how others address the issues of this body altering medical condition. She incorporates these techniques and modifications into her regular classes for anyone with scoliosis or back injuries making her classes a safe and supported place to practice yoga. In 2010 Tricia has committed to a year long mentorship program through Forrest Yoga to bring her teaching to a new level of excellence!

Subs

• ELISA BERGQUIST, LMP & Yoga Teacher: Elisa enjoys working with clients to customize their massage so they are able to receive the maximum benefits based on where they are in their bodies that day. From the injured to the athletes, her goal is to help facilitate clients back to optimal wellness. Elisa is a graduate of Bellevue Massage School. She specializes is deep tissue work, Swedish relaxation massage, hot stone and hydrotherapy treatments, as well as sports massage with advanced stretching, and Reiki energy work. Elisa is available for massage Monday and Tuesday evenings. Please call for appointment: 425-241-6810.
• CHRISTINA CRANE

PRAISE FOR TWO RIVERS:
"3 years ago I decided to try out Yoga as I had never attempted it before. At the time I suffered from a lot of pain in my neck and shoulders and had really bad posture, to be honest I couldn't even stand straight. I visited Kelley Rush at 2 Rivers Yoga in Carnation and from the second my feet crossed the door I knew that I was at home. There is a lot of positive energy flowing inside the studio and after each class you go home feeling revitalized, positive and refreshed. I have now been going to 2 Rivers Yoga for over 3 years and thanks to Kelley's skill, talent, passion and not to forget her hilarious sense of humor! I can now stand up straight and I have to say I love downward facing dog and the shoulder stand. I would recommend this to all people of all ages and all walks of life."
-Gillian